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Colts TE Erik Swoope caught 2-of-3 targets for 30 yards in Week 8.

Swoope continued to play in all two tight ends sets with Dwayne Allen sidelined. He and Jack Doyle both saw three targets in a game Andrew Luck completed 19 passes. Swoope won't be more than a TE2 for Week 9. Oct 30 - 5:23 PM

Swoope made catches for gains of 34 and 17 yards, giving the Colts' some big-play ability in the absence of Dwayne Allen, Phillip Dorsett, and Donte Moncrief. A former basketball player, Swoope lacks re-draft fantasy appeal but is a name to keep in mind. The 24-year-old is worth a look in Dynasty leagues. Oct 23 - 5:06 PM

"Obviously that piece of clay and that body we saw early on is much different now," Pagano said of the third-year tight end. "We’re going to find out a lot more obviously going into this training camp once we get the pads on. He’s doing a good job." Swoope never played football before signing with the Colts as an UDFA in 2014. He's competing for the No. 3 tight end job. Jun 3 - 10:15 AM

Swoope turned heads at last year's minicamp as an UDFA in his first year of organized football after playing basketball at Miami. He spent all of 2014 on the practice squad putting on weight, and it appears 2015 will follow the same path. Swoope hasn't made much impact in preseason action, getting destroyed as a blocker. Both Dwayne Allen and Coby Fleener are in contract years. Mon, Sep 7, 2015 09:54:00 PM

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Swoope made catches for gains of 34 and 17 yards, giving the Colts' some big-play ability in the absence of Dwayne Allen, Phillip Dorsett, and Donte Moncrief. A former basketball player, Swoope lacks re-draft fantasy appeal but is a name to keep in mind. The 24-year-old is worth a look in Dynasty leagues.

"Obviously that piece of clay and that body we saw early on is much different now," Pagano said of the third-year tight end. "We’re going to find out a lot more obviously going into this training camp once we get the pads on. He’s doing a good job." Swoope never played football before signing with the Colts as an UDFA in 2014. He's competing for the No. 3 tight end job.

Swoope turned heads at last year's minicamp as an UDFA in his first year of organized football after playing basketball at Miami. He spent all of 2014 on the practice squad putting on weight, and it appears 2015 will follow the same path. Swoope hasn't made much impact in preseason action, getting destroyed as a blocker. Both Dwayne Allen and Coby Fleener are in contract years.

Coach Chuck Pagano said UDFA TE Erik Swoope was "off the charts" at his first minicamp.

Swoope, 6'5/220, was a four-year player on the University of Miami's hoops squad. This minicamp was his first ever exposure to organized football. Swoope "exceeded our expectations way beyond anything that you’d ever imagine for a guy that never played," Pagano said. He'll have to add weight and continue to show rapid progress to earn a developmental spot on the practice squad.

A four-year player on the Hurricanes' basketball team, Swoope has not played organized football at any level. He was not even considering a football career until a representative of the Broncos contacted him in March. The Colts will probably try to stash him on the practice squad as a developmental tight end with the hope he can develop into the next Jimmy Graham. That does not seem likely, but GM Ryan Grigson is proving once again he will search anywhere for talent.

After suffering a back injury in the Thanksgiving game against the Steelers, Hilton seemed back to normal in this one. He simply did whatever he wanted with the Jets' defensive backs giving him big cushions at the line of scrimmage, probably as a way not to get beat deep. Hilton didn't do much damage on deep balls, but he turned short-to-medium catches into chunk yards with his after-catch ability. The only target he didn't catch was a bad drop. Hilton and the Colts head back to their home dome next week against the Texans where Hilton will be a locked-in WR1.